Improvement in children s carriage and cradle



C. W. HIGGINS.

Childrens Carriage. No. 70.566. Patented Noi. 5,n 1867.

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Letters Patent No. 70,566, dated November 5, 1867. A

IMPROVEMENT IN GHILDRENS CARRIAGE AND CRADLE.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, C. W. HIGGINs, of Waukesha, in the county ofWaukesha, and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and improvedCombined Carriage and Cradle; and I do hereby declare lthat thefollowing is a. full, clear, and exact description thereof, which willenable those skilled in the art to make und use the same, referencebeing` had to the accompanying drawings, forming par-tof thisspecification.

The present invention consists in so hanging or uttachir'ir the bodyof'a childrens carriage to the axles of the same that it can be readilyattached and detached at pleasure, and in providing such body withrockers so that, when detached, itcan be rocked uponthe door, whereby a.combined carriage and cradle is produced. In the accompanying plate ofdrawingsmy improved combined carriage und cradle is illustrated- Figure1 being a view of the rear end ofthe 'same when togetherand in positionfor use as u. carriage.

Figure 2,-a. central longitudinal vertical section, taken in the planeof the line x 2;, fig. 1, and

Figure 3 a transverse'vertical section in the plane ofthe line y y, lig.2.

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A, in the drawings, represents the body of the carriage, made ofsuitable form and shape, and :xt or near each end provided with across-piece, B, upon its under side, of a similar shape to the rockersof an ordinary-, cradle. C, stretcher-rods or bars extending from onerocker to the other one, by`which rods C the body rests upon the rear orhi nd axle D, carrying n wheel, E, at each'end,` and are there fastenedand lheld inplaceby bolt-pins a properly applied thereforv andpussedover them. F the reach-pole of the carriage. This pole passe`s`-lthrough a loop, G, ofthe rocker to the front part ot' the body, and fromthence through the rear axle D, wherein it` is fastened by a bolt-pin,c, inserted therein. This reach-pole is extended so as to form a.handle,II`fr'ny dragging the carriage by,.and is also provided with aguide or frontwheel, I, as in ordinary childrens carriage. Froi theabove description of. my improved combined carriage and cradle, it isplainly ohvious thnt the results hereinbefore stated are secured, andthat while it can be used as a carriage it is susceptible of bein'g'arranged asa cradle. Y

' In lieu of fixing the rockers directly to the body, I have shown themas hung through cross-belts o r straps L, thus making it freer andeasier to thebody when running as a carriage, or the body may be securedthrough springs for the same purpose.' i

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A childrenscarriage, when constructed substantially in the manner and for thepurposes described.

C. W. HIGGINS. Witnesses;

W, S. HAWKINS, S. NYE' Gnas.A

